Glavine earns 296th victory, beats A's

Saturday

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Glavine picked up his 296th victory by ending a five-start winless streak and the Mets defeated the Athletics 9-1 on Friday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Glavine picked up his 296th victory by ending a five-start winless streak and the Mets defeated the Athletics 9-1 on Friday night.

Glavine pitched into the ninth inning and added two hits and two RBIs. Shawn Green hit a solo home run and a two-run double, and Carlos Beltran homered and drove in two runs for the Mets, who won for the fifth time in 19 games in June.

Glavine (6-5), whose previous win was May 19 against the Yankees, doubled and scored the go-ahead run in the second. He added a two-run single to cap the Mets' five-run sixth. Glavine allowed six hits, walked two and struck out five.

ATLANTA — Kenny Rogers, making his first start of the season after a blood clot was removed from his pitching shoulder, allowed two hits over six innings to lead Detroit past Atlanta 5-0.

The Braves were shut out for the third straight game, their scoreless streak stretching to 28 innings. It was the first time since 1988 that Atlanta has been the victim of three straight shutouts.

The 42-year-old Rogers played a vital role in Detroit's run to the World Series last year, but he needed surgery late in spring training when the clot was discovered in his left shoulder.

CHICAGO — Carlos Zambrano matched a career-high with 12 strikeouts as the Cubs handed their crosstown rival its 20th loss in 25 games.

Alfonso Soriano homered off Mark Buehrle leading off the game and Aramis Ramirez, activated from the disabled list earlier in the day, added a solo shot two outs later.

Zambrano (8-6) struck out seven of his first nine batters and finished with 12 for the fourth time in his career. He allowed three hits and one walk in eight innings.

MIAMI — Hanley Ramirez hit a tie-breaking homer with two outs in the eighth inning to lead Florida to its third straight win.

Dan Uggla hit his 14th home run and had three RBIs for Florida, while Kevin Gregg pitched the ninth to earn his 14th save in as many chances.

Minnesota's Justin Morneau, who is second in the AL with 20 home runs, left the game in the eighth inning after being shaken up in a collision at home plate. Accompanied by a team trainer, Morneau was taken by ambulance to a hospital for a chest scan and X-rays, a team spokesman said.

WASHINGTON — A few days after earning a promotion based on a 43-game minor league hitting streak, Brandon Watson went 2-for-4 with two RBIs to lead Washington.

Watson got his first multi-RBI game in the majors with a fourth-inning single and a sixth-inning hit that he stretched into a double.

Cristian Guzman had three hits, including his first home run at RFK Stadium, and seven Nationals pitchers limited the Indians to eight hits with 13 strikeouts. Saul Rivera (2-2) threw a perfect sixth to get the win and Chad Cordero pitched the ninth for his 12th save.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Luis Gonzalez homered and had two RBIs, and Russell Martin hit a two-run single to lead Los Angeles.

Gonzalez, who is from nearby Tampa, hit a solo homer in a two-run second and added an RBI triple in a two-run eighth that put the Dodgers ahead 6-3. It was his first home run at Tropicana Field since he hit the first one ever at the stadium while playing for Detroit on March 31, 1998.

Martin's single gave the Dodgers a 4-0 lead in the fifth.

TORONTO — John McDonald hit a two-run single in the 10th inning and Curtis Thigpen scored the winning run on catcher Chris Iannetta's throwing error, giving the Blue Jays a wild 9-8 victory over the Rockies.

Troy Tulowitzki's two-run homer gave the Rockies an 8-6 lead in the 10th but Toronto loaded the bases in the bottom half on three straight singles from Matt Stairs, Aaron Hill and Thigpen.

Phillies 6, Cardinals 0ST. LOUIS — Anthony Reyes lost his 11th straight decision, failing to make it out of the fifth inning of Philadelphia's 6-0 victory over St. Louis.

Jamie Moyer (7-5) threw six scoreless innings and Chase Utley had three hits and an RBI for the Phillies, who had allowed 33 runs while losing three of their previous four games. Moyer's one-out single in the third inning was the first of six consecutive hits in a five-run outburst that broke up a scoreless game.

Shane Victorino and Utley had RBI singles and Ryan Howard hit an RBI double in the third before Greg Dobbs' sacrifice fly ended the string of hits.

Moyer scattered seven hits and two walks while striking out six.

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